Yale freshman survives 4-story fall from dormitory window

Police blocked off a large section of sidewalk along College Street outside of Bingham Hall at Yale after a student fell from a fourth floor window. The student was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Police blocked off a large section of sidewalk along College Street outside of Bingham Hall at Yale after a student fell from a fourth floor window. The student was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Photo: (Wes Duplantier -- New Haven Register)

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Police blocked off a large section of sidewalk along College Street outside of Bingham Hall at Yale after a student fell from a fourth floor window. The student was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Police blocked off a large section of sidewalk along College Street outside of Bingham Hall at Yale after a student fell from a fourth floor window. The student was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Photo: (Wes Duplantier -- New Haven Register)

Yale freshman survives 4-story fall from dormitory window

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NEW HAVEN >> A Yale University freshman has survived a four-story fall from a dormitory window.

School spokesman Tom Conroy said in an email Tuesday that the student fell from a window in Bingham Hall at about 2 p.m. Monday. Yale didn’t have classes Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.